Bullitt County police officer dies of cardiac arrest while responding to break-in at Kart Kountry | News from WDRB [Video]

PIONEER VILLAGE, Ky. (WDRB) — Pioneer Village Police Officer Brent Hall died in the line of duty on Saturday. Officer Hall was responding to the scene of a crime when he collapsed. Since then, his vehicle has been on display in the parking lot of the police department, and members of the community have been stopping by to leave mementos and pay their respects.

Hall was working an off-duty job at Kart Kountry on Saturday and was rushed to UofL Hospital South.

“Officer Hall was advised of eight juveniles breaking into a vending machine on the property,” Pioneer Village Police Det. JC Witherspoon said Monday. “Officer Hall ran to the location to prevent them from completing the break-in and, shortly afterward, collapsed in front of responding on duty Shepherdsville Police Department units.”

Witherspoon said Hall was pronounced dead just before 6 p.m. at the hospital of cardiac arrest.

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